When '''Iron County, Utah Territory''' was created 3 March 1852<ref>Utah Territory Legislative Assembly, ''Acts, resolutions, and memorials, passed by the first annual, and special sessions, of the Legislative Assembly, of the Territory of Utah, begun and held at Great Salt Lake City, on the 22nd day of September, A.D., 1851 (1852)'' (G.S.L. City, U.T.: Legislative Assembly, 1852), 164. [http://www.archive.org/details/actsresolutionsm00utah Internet Archive edition].</ref> <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 687. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D274 2002}}.</ref> <ref name="CCFU">"Chart of County Formation in Utah" in ''Division of Archives and Records Service'' at http://archives.utah.gov/research/guides/county-formation.htm (accessed 11 August 2011).</ref> it extended into present-day [[Nevada]] from Utah Territory's eastern boundary to the western edge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin Great Basin] in [[California]] between [[Millard County, Nevada|Milliard]] and [[Washington County, Nevada|Washington counties]] in [[Utah]] Territory.

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'''Iron County, Utah Territory''' was created 3 March 1852<ref>Utah Territory Legislative Assembly, ''Acts, resolutions, and memorials, passed by the first annual, and special sessions, of the Legislative Assembly, of the Territory of Utah, begun and held at Great Salt Lake City, on the 22nd day of September, A.D., 1851 (1852)'' (G.S.L. City, U.T.: Legislative Assembly, 1852), 164. [http://www.archive.org/details/actsresolutionsm00utah Internet Archive edition].</ref> <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 687. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D274 2002}}.</ref> <ref name="CCFU">"Chart of County Formation in Utah" in ''Division of Archives and Records Service'' at http://archives.utah.gov/research/guides/county-formation.htm (accessed 11 August 2011).</ref> <ref>John Koontz, ''Political History of Nevada, 5th ed.'' (Carson City, Nev.: SPO, 1965), 34-92. {{WorldCat|21179|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|215840|item|disp=FHL Book 979.3 N2k}}</ref> by the Utah legislature from [[Little Salt Lake County, Utah]]. Iron County extended into present-day [[Nevada]] from Utah Territory's eastern boundary to the western edge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin Great Basin] in [[California]] between [[Millard County, Nevada|Milliard]] and [[Washington County, Nevada|Washington counties]] in [[Utah]] Territory.

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[[Image:{{UT1856}}]]On 5 January 1856 the Utah legislature reduced Iron County land in present-day [[Nevada]] by carving out part of [[Carson County, Nevada|Carson County]] and the southern part of [[Beaver County, Nevada|Beaver County]]. In 1861 the U.S. Congress created [[Nevada]] Territory with its eastern border at 116° W, and in 1862 moved Nevada's eastern border one degree of longitude east, and repeated that again in 1866, each time reducing Iron County, Utah.<ref name="AU">Deon C. Greer, ''Atlas of Utah'' (Ogden, Utah: Utah State College, 1981), 162-64. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7463447 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|96665|item|disp=FHL Q Book 979.2 E7a}}.</ref> Former Iron County land in present-day Nevada was used eventually to form parts of [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas]], [[Lyon County, Nevada|Lyon]], [[Mineral County, Nevada|Mineral]], [[Esmeralda County, Nevada|Esmeralda]], [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye]], and [[Lincoln County, Nevada|Lincoln]], counties.<ref>"Counties of Nevada" in ''Nevada History: a Walk in the Past'' at http://nevada-history.org/county.html (accessed 11 August 2011).</ref> <br><br>

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[[Image:{{UT1856}}]]On 5 January 1856 the Utah legislature reduced Iron County land in present-day [[Nevada]] by carving out part of [[Carson County, Nevada|Carson County]] and the southern part of [[Beaver County, Nevada|Beaver County]]. In 1861 the U.S. Congress created [[Nevada]] Territory with its eastern border at 116° W, and in 1862 moved Nevada's eastern border one degree of longitude east, and repeated that again in 1866, each time reducing Iron County, Utah.<ref name="AU">Deon C. Greer, ''Atlas of Utah'' (Ogden, Utah: Utah State College, 1981), 162-64. {{WorldCat|7463447|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|96665|item|disp=FHL Q Book 979.2 E7a}}.</ref> Former Iron County land in present-day Nevada was used eventually to form parts of [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas]], [[Lyon County, Nevada|Lyon]], [[Mineral County, Nevada|Mineral]], [[Esmeralda County, Nevada|Esmeralda]], [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye]], and [[Lincoln County, Nevada|Lincoln]], counties.<ref>"Counties of Nevada" in ''Nevada History: a Walk in the Past'' at http://nevada-history.org/county.html (accessed 11 August 2011).</ref> <br><br>

For records of the old '''Iron County''' in what is present-day Nevada, see:

For records of the old '''Iron County''' in what is present-day Nevada, see:

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For records of the old '''Iron County''' in what is present-day Utah, see:

For records of the old '''Iron County''' in what is present-day Utah, see:

Utah Territory's old 1856 counties are named in orange. Present-day Nevada counties are outlined in white.

On 5 January 1856 the Utah legislature reduced Iron County land in present-day Nevada by carving out part of Carson County and the southern part of Beaver County. In 1861 the U.S. Congress created Nevada Territory with its eastern border at 116° W, and in 1862 moved Nevada's eastern border one degree of longitude east, and repeated that again in 1866, each time reducing Iron County, Utah.[5] Former Iron County land in present-day Nevada was used eventually to form parts of Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Esmeralda, Nye, and Lincoln, counties.[6]

For records of the old Iron County in what is present-day Nevada, see:

References

↑Utah Territory Legislative Assembly, Acts, resolutions, and memorials, passed by the first annual, and special sessions, of the Legislative Assembly, of the Territory of Utah, begun and held at Great Salt Lake City, on the 22nd day of September, A.D., 1851 (1852) (G.S.L. City, U.T.: Legislative Assembly, 1852), 164. Internet Archive edition.